A RESEARH ON SPACE DESIGN IN UNDERGROUND SUBWAY STATIONS

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Urban rail systems from public transport systems are preferred especially in metropolitan cities. Intensive construction on the ground, problems of expropriation and inadequate transportation network caused the rail systems to be taken underground. Subways, that provide solutions to time and space insufficiency, metropolis’s biggest problem in transportation, moves on a special route and special structures are used in this system. Underground subway stations are closed structures that are not related to the surface apart from the entrance at certain points. During the journey, users are disconnected from the city. Plans of subway stations are often complicated, reaching the subway and travelling requires walking in long and complicated circulation spaces. If a comfortable and safe environment is not provided for this space design, the environmental conditions can cause physical and psychological disadvantages on the journey passengers. These disadvantages can be prevented or reduced by effective design based on spatial design rules. In the study, firstly, preliminary design rules for underground subway stations are examined, then the design rules of station entrance, vertical circulation elements, ticket hall, platform and auxiliary spaces are evaluated with examples from a wide perspective to contribute to the design process.

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subway , underground subway station , passenger areas , space design rules

Trakya university journal of engineering sciences

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Trakya university journal of engineering sciences